How do you prevent iPhone from cleaning apps

Recently my phone has been running low on space and my iPhone 5 has been cleaning up a lot of apps and it is really irritating. Is there anyway to manually control which apps to clean or completely off this cleaning function ? Thanks

iPhone 5, iOS 7.1.1

Posted on May 17, 2014 8:18 AM

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May 17, 2014 7:33 PM in response to Jokohhhhh

Never heard of this before...

-> http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4334


"More information about cache cleaning

On devices using iOS 5 or later, cache cleaning occurs automatically when the device has less than 1 GB of available storage. This storage-management feature is designed to optimize the performance of your iOS device when space is limited. The cache for infrequently used documents is cleared first."

May 17, 2014 7:40 PM in response to Jokohhhhh

Your iPad will clear the cache of the less often used apps. There is no way to control which apps have their cache cleared or when. The best way to avoid this is to free up enough space to have plenty of free space for the iPad to operate efficiently.


With iOS 7 it is recommended that you have 15-20% of the storage space on the device free. For a 16 GB device that is 2.4-3.2 GB free. For a 32 GB device that is 4.8-6.4 GB free. For a 64 GB device that is 9.6-12.8 GB free.


The only way to get more free space on your iPad is to delete content and apps.

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